Railroad Work Rules – the 1970s

This paper describes how the evolution of railroad work rules and practices up through the 1960’s have been well documented, and their effects on railroad operations and productivity have been analyzed by academics, presidential emergency boards, and the Presidential Railroad Commission. In 1971 and 1972 railroad operating unions signed new agreements with the carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference, which appeared to make a significant step in the direction of liberalizing many of those rules and practices that had become increasingly anachronistic and restrictive due to changes in the industry. This paper examines the 1971-1972 agreements and evaluates their effectiveness in increasing railroad flexibility and efficiency of operations. The paper also notes where further changes in rules are under discussion by the unions and carriers.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Forum

  P.O. Box 5074
  Fargo, ND  United States  58105
• Authors:
  • Kruscwitz, David
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Volume XVIII, Number 1
• Pagination: pp 68-74
• Monograph Title: Transportation in Transition. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Labor; Labor law; Railroad facility operations; Railroad law; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Workforce
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01103306
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 2008 7:47AM